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by mehrdadn 2655 days ago
What does DIGITS buy you? You still have to hand out your actual number right?
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It's a VOIP number that shows up as a mobile number.

So no, you don't have to hand out your primary number. You can create a new one there and use that for junk companies.

Oh, you mean the one that costs $10/month extra? :\ And doesn't solve the problem of already receiving spam calls...? It seems like basically just buying a new line?
As I said, I got mine for free. I don't know what they currently charge. It is supported by their Scam block service (which is free and can be enabled by shortcode): https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-4041#fourthheading
You probably got it for free because you were a T-Mobile ONE Plus customer (likely already paying a lot) [1]... otherwise it's an extra $10/month. And either way it wouldn't even solve the problem of getting too much spam at your current number...

[1] https://www.t-mobile.com/news/digits-launch

Nah, I'm Simple Choice NA. Spam's reduced, not eliminated with that shortcode.

Either way you asked for a VoIP number you could sign up to use places that don't allow them. That's what I originally answered.